Yates McKendree
Red Rooster 2513 Seiferth Road, Madison, Wisconsin 53716
media release: Although only in his 20s, YATES MCKENDREE’S experience as a professional musician goes back more than ten years. That early experience includes playing regularly in some of Nashville’s most notable venues The Bluebird Cafe, The Ryman Auditorium, 3rd & Lindsley). It also includes North American and European tours and multiple appearances on national television (Imus In The Morning, CBS Mornings). He has played on and engineered many recording projects; most notably for Delbert McClinton and John Hiatt, who told Rolling Stone Magazine, “Yates was our secret ingredient.”
In January 2020, Yates earned a Grammy™ Award on McClinton’s hit “Tall, Dark and Handsome.) His debut LP Buchanan Lane features both classic cover tunes and original compositions Yates has co-written with Gary Nicholson, the LP highlights Yates’ skills, remarkable style and taste as a multi-instrumentalist and vocalist, with an emphasis on guitar.